Improvement in diaper-pins



E. H. GAYLBD. niaper-Pin.

N0. 167,328, Patented Aug. 31,1875.

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IMPROVEMENT IN DlAPER-PINS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 167,328, dated August3l, 1875; application filed May 11, i875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELAM H. GAYLORD, of Waterbury, in the ,county of NewHaven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new 4Diaper-Pin; and Ido hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon, to bea full, clear', and exact description of the saine, and which saiddrawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, in-

Figure l, side view; Figs. 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, views illustrating theprocess of manufacture.V

This invention relates to an improvement in that class of diaper-pins inwhich the article is made complete from a single piece of Wire, theobject being to produce a more perfect shield for the point of the pinthan has been in any previous construction.

The invention consists, principally, in a double transverse loop formedon the end of the Wire, as hereinafter described, to serve both as acatch and guard for the pin.

A piece, A, of wire, of the length and size required for the pin to beproduced, is pointed at one end, and at the other a transverse orrightangular loop, B, is formed, as seen in Fig. 2, by bending` the endoutward and back again, so as to bring the end against the body ot' thewire, as at a; then the outer end of this loop is turned over toward thebody of the wire to form a hook, d, as seen in Fig. 4; then a bend, j',is made in the body of the wire, in the plane of the back ot' the hook,as seen in Fig. 5. This form and arrangement of the loop or hookconstitutes the peculiar .characteristic of this pin. The point isturned over toward, and so as to come within, the loop, but not toextend beyond; in doing this the usual spring C is formed. By thisconstruction of hook or loop the pin is so secured as to practicallyprevent accidental disengagement, and the point is so far protected thatnothing can reach it. The head end oi' the wire, butting as it doesagainst the body ot' the wire, cannot interfere with the use ot' thepin, as in other constructions.

I am aware that diaper-pins have been made from a single piece, bent soas to forni a spring' between the pin proper and the shield, and withthe opposite end bent to form a loop to engage the point of the pin;therefore, I do not wish to be understood as broadly claiming suchconstruction.

I claim- As a new article of manufacture, the hereindescribeddiaper-pin, consisting of a single piece of wire, pointed at one end,and at the other bent into a transverse loop, and this loop doubled toform the hook or guard d for the point of the pin, and the wire bent orcoiled to form the spring C, the point turned into the said loop,substantially as set forth.

ELAM H. GAYLORD.

Witnesses: Y

GEO. E. TERRY, BENJAMINHA'LLAS.

